Cover for seat side arms



June 9,- 1931 w. FRY

' 1OVER FOR SEAT SIDE ARMS Filed Nov. 21. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1' June 9,- 1931.

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VJIL-FRY CGRPORATION, on new .YORK'N. 11, A- conron-arron or DELAWARE coves renea srim ant rs Application filed November 21 1928. SerialNo. 320,860.

My invention relates to improvements in seat covers and particularly to those used in motor cars. The invention is more especially applicable to cover a particular form of side arm which is sometimes used in cars.

One'style of these arms is usually of soft material, such as sponge rubber or the like, and it is attached at the outer side directly to the inner side wall of a car, or to a simila lar support, and it has been difficult to apply a cover to the side arm in such a mannor as to have it stay securely in place, be easy of application and lie smoothly and handsomely in position. V

'nv'ention is to attain The object of my 1 these several aims and to produce a very.

simple form of eover'which meets all requirements.

Further benefits and advantages will appear from the following description and drawings in which similar reference char-:

acters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1 is a broken perspective view Show ing the inside of a car and type of side arm to which my improved cover is applicable;

Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of the arm with the cover in place and with the open position of the cover shown by dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a view showing the front end, partly'in section, of the cover; Fig. 4 is a view of the rear end of the cover;

Fig. 5iis a perspective view of the side 2) arm with cover attached; g

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cover partly in section; and v Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross section through the side arm and cover.

The side arm 10 to which my cover is especially applicable is usually made of soft material although it can be of any material 'so far as my invention is concerned, and it is attached on its outer side, as shown at 11, to the inner side wall of the car, or it maybe a similar or equivalent support. It can be attached in any wayso far as my invention is concerned, and I have shownit having a reinforcement member 12 which is attached, by screw 13 to the car, but the mana,

ner of attachment has nothing to do with the invention. The principal fact is that the side arm projects from'the Wall of the car and is unsupported in other ways. Suchan arm is diflicult to cover properlybut my invention overcomes the difficulty.

I provide a casing 14: in the form-10f an I envelope which is open at the rear or inner end along one side and which covers and envelops vthe front end of the side arm. The casing envelope is slotted longitudinally as shown at 17 from a point near the front to the rear: end of the casing orcover and the parts which lie against the sidewall must be stiffened in some way in order thatthe" cover may be easily applied and remain smoothly and securely in place. To this end I provide a stifiening element l5 which may be of any suitable material and the slot 17 occurs in the stiffening element as "well as the corresponding part of the cover.

This element 15 can conveniently be cardboard, fibre board, or similar material, but

it may be any suitablesubst'ance.

' The'inaterial of the side arm usually abuts closely with the side all of the car but it is soft and so the stiflened part of the casing can be forced into the crack between the side arm and car, and the slotstraddles the fastenings of the side arm. r

The .member 15 can be enclosed in a hem 16 where the cover is slotted or it can be secured in any other Way which will closely associate it with the outer partof the. easing or cover, and give to this part the necessary reinforcement and stiffening.

The rear end ofthe cover is open and the slot 17 extendslto'ithe rear end. The stiffening element need not extend the full length of the casing. By having the cas-' ing open in this way it can be spreadat the rear as shown by dotted lines in'Fig. 2 and pulled on from front to rear over the side arm with the arms of the stiffening element 15 straddling the fastening attachments of the side arm and the cover will fit like a I glove over and upon the side arm. The rear end -18 may be closed in any. convenient s t e p e by emerits \Vhat I claim is: a

I. A cover for seat side arms in the form of a casing or envelope for the arm, said casing being closed at one end, open at the 5 other, slotted longitudinally to straddle the side arm supports, and a bifurcated stiffening element on the slotted side of the cover With the arms of said element associated With the edge portions of the cover adjacent the slot. I

2. An improved cover for seat side arms comprising a casing closed at the front end and open at the rear end, said casing being slotted longitudinally on the side next the 1;, car Wall to straddle the side arm supports,

and a stiffening reinforcement for the cover adjacent the aforesaid slot.

3. A cover for seat side arms comprising a casing shaped to envelop the side arm,

said casing'having one end closed and the other open and a longitudinal slot-therein to straddle the sidearm supports, and a stiffening element-associated With the casing adjacent the aforesaid slot.

25 I 4. A cover forseat side arms in the form of a longitudinally slottedenvelope shaped to pull on over and cover the aforesaid side arm, and a stiffening element associatedrwith' the slotted side of the said cover so near the slot edges.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 30th day of October, 1928. V r

VALTER L. FRY. 

